Wednesday, February 19, 2025

France’s Finance Minister: Facebook Libra Will Not Be Authorized in Europe

Facebook’s Libra is already suffering from several political issues within the United States as several Congress members wrote an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg in which they called to halt the development of Libra, Facebook’s native cryptocurrency.Now, in Europe, France has announced that it will block the development of Facebook’s

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Aventus Announces Ethereum-Based Protocol to Enhance Ticketing Industry

The digital assets-focused blockchain-based protocol, Aventus, revealed its next code release Aventus Classic designed to create a more equitable and transparent ticketing industry.Alleviate fraud and provide transparencyOn Sept 12, Aventus Network announced in a blog post the release of Aventus Classic, a fully decentralized open-source Ethereum-based ticketing protocol designed

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Square Crypto Grants $100,000 to Open-Source Crypto Payment Processor

Bitcoin (BTC)-supporting payments service Square Crypto is giving the first of what will be many grants to support open-source Bitcoin projects to BTCPay Foundation.BTCPay receives $100,000 grantOn Sept. 14, Square Crypto, the crypto-focused branch of mobile payment company Square, took to Twitter to announce that it is providing BTCPay

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Chinese Authorities Plan Crackdown on Crypto Mining in Inner Mongolia

Regulators in the Chinese autonomous province of Inner Mongolia have issued a notice demanding a clean-up of the province’s crypto mining enterprises.Terms of noticeAs local crypto outlet ChainNews reported on Sept. 14, five departments within Inner Mongolia have determined the need to rectify the mining industry within the province.

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Founder of Payments Network Zelle Joins Stellar-Focused Startup as CEO

Stellar-focused (XLM) crypto development company Interstellar appointed the founder of digital payments network Zelle Mike Kennedy as its new CEO.On Sept. 12, the company announced the appointment in a Medium blog post.Stellar as an international payments systemKennedy’s network Zelle is the payment system used by JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Bank

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